The Zero Years Page #4

Synopsis: Today as tomorrow and as yesterday. Four women, who have been sterilized and are under constant toxic restraint and surveillance, are serving their term in a government-run brothel. Their duty is to have sex and beat their customers without remorse. The relations between them are at a critical point; food and water are scarce, their house is rotting and ready to collapse. Nothing on the outside exists any more. Nightmarish visions, simulated miscarriages and rapes, injections and nausea all make up their daily routine. Yet their dream - even though they have been sterilized by the State - is to have a child. One day, one of their customers disappears. The interrogations begin.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Nikos Nikolaidis
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Year:
2005
123 min
39 Views


- Time's up... What?

- Pick up four cards.

- Why?

- Because you're slow.

- You lose your turn too.

Don't forget the button.

Another blackout.

My turn.

- I change it to red. Take four.

- Why should I... take four?

Because I threw a joker.

You lose your turn too.

One... two... three... four...

I have a question. The one with

the most cards wins, right?

No, the one with the least.

Whoever is left with

no cards wins.

And what does the winner win?

A week off from doing

house chores.

My turn, right?

I won't be pressing

the button because...

Six red, six yellow...

eight yellow, seven yellow,

four yellow...

four blue...

Blue six, Blue seven,

seven green, eight green,

five green, two green...

Change it to red, red seven and

the joker. I'm done, I win...

Take four.

- Nice!

- Yes!

- That wasn't fair.

- Why not?

Because she tricked us by

pretending not to know the game

- She's a hustler.

- That's called a bluff.

Wake up!

What!

- My water broke.

- Where?

Inside me!

- The water inside you broke.

- The water broke damn it.

The water broke?

What do you want me to do?

What are we supposed to do?

It's the third time this

month her water broke.

My water broke!

Hurry, I'm gonna lose it!

- Where to?

- The couch.

Stop jerking off and

boil some water.

This way!

Stick something in her mouth

or she'll bite her tongue.

- Like what?

- There's a spoon on the table!

Keep her mouth open!

Get a spoon!

- I'm gonna lose it!

- No, you won't.

What's she gonna lose?

What the f*** are you doing?

Can't you see she's in labor?

In labor... absolutely...

Don't bite or I'm gonna...

Boil some water and

bring towels and sheets.

- Put some music on.

- Put some music on...

- She needs music.

- She needs music to deliver?

Turn it on, damn it!

It's coming, it's coming.

- What kind of music is that?

- The kind I found...

Bring sheets and scissors.

Where are the scissors?

Forget it.

Fill the basin first.

Why did you take

your clothes off?

Because she's going

to spew blood.

She squirts blood too...

Tear them into strips

and come here.

The Lord is punishing me

for my sins.

Get the sheet under her.

I'm losing it again!

Honey, calm down...

Get some towels.

Hurry.

Wait.

Take it!

- Is it on its way?

- Come on, focus.

Come on! Tighten up!

Come on, push! Push!

Deep breath! In and out!

Hey, let her do...

her thing!

Push, push hard!

Hard, hard like this!

Come hold her!

Relax! Relax.

Come on, settle down.

It's over.

I want to see it.

I want to see it.

I want to see it.

What?

What?

It's gone.

It's gone...

How?

We lost it again.

What was it?

What was it?

It was a girl.

A boy.

Yes... a boy. It just looked

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Nikos Nikolaidis

Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis (Greek: Νίκος Γεωργίου Νικολαΐδης) (25 October 1939, Athens, Greece – 5 September 2007, Athens, Greece) was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer, television director, and commercial director. He is usually considered a representative of European avant-garde and experimental art film. more…

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